1. therapeutic system for drug addicted prisoners in Poland Andrzej Majcherczyk Penitentiary Office Central Board of Prison Service amajcherczyk@czsw.gov.pl

2. Legal provisions Polish Penal Code established three systems of execution of imprisonment punishment: regular program’s impact therapeutic

3. Various types of therapeutic units

4. Distinctive features of therapeutic unit Place Special rules Base for therapy Therapeutic team Programme

5. Base of the therapeutic system for drug addicted prisoners 12 therapeutic units (capacity: from 24 do 50 places) Total number of places within the system: 447 Total number of therapeutic staff: 57 full- time positions

6. Needs for therapy 1022 convicted inmates were waiting for therapy (24% increase in comparison with the previous year) average period of awaiting therapy - 11 months (3 months longer than in the previous year)

7. Placement of therapeutic units in the country

8. Lubliniec Prison

12. Characteristics of programme Drug-free Cognitive-behavioural Time limited (6 months) Endorsed by General Director of Prison Service

13. Criteria for acceptance Characteristic of the target group of offenders Goals and objectives Model of change Methods Intensity, sequencing, duration Scope of education Draft of an evaluation Characteristic of a base Staffing pattern Financial means necessary to run the programme

14. Content of a programme 1.Orientation to treatment 2.Cognitive skills 3.Interpersonal skills 4.Criminal lifestyles 5.Relapse 6.Wellness 7.Transition

15. Benefits for inmates Knowledge Skills Motivation Not to waste their time spent in prison

16. The scale of operations 800-1000 drug addicted inmates undergo therapy every year about 80-85% of them finish the program

17. Challenges Insufficient number of places The need to refine existing drug-free programmes Lack of well-performed effectiveness studies Continuation of the therapy The need to extent the scope of offer (develop programmes besides therapeutic units, programmes of different kind, harm-reduction programmes in every prison, etc.)

18. Andrzej Majcherczyk Penitentiary Office Central Board of Prison Service amajcherczyk@czsw.gov.pl